UrsprungFrom Old Swedish ringa, from Middle Low German ringe, from Old Saxon (gi)ringi (“light”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *reng-ja, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wrengʷʰ- (“to squeeze, wring”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, wring”), Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast, quickly”).
Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian Bokmål ringe, German ring, gering and Dutch gering.
- small, little
“hennes ringa ålder” — her young age
“ringa stöld” — petty theft
“Jag har inte den ringaste aning” — I don't have the faintest idea
- low, simple, (through self-deprecation) modest, humble
“Han var av ringa börd” — He was of low birth
“min ringa uppfattning” — my humble (lowly) opinion
- to ring; to make a bell produce a sound
- to ring; to make a sound as to indicate a call is waiting
- to ring; to telephone someone
Formerringare(comparative) · ringast(superlative) · ringa(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · ringare(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · ringast(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · ringa(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · ringare(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · ringast(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · ringa(indefinite, plural, positive) · ringare(comparative, indefinite, plural) · ringast(indefinite, plural, superlative) · ringe(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · ringare(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · ringast(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · ringe(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · ringare(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · ringaste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · ringa(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · ringare(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · ringaste(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)
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